huh? GOOD news for First Nations. May be BAD news for dirty energy companies. This morning Canadas Supreme Court handed down a long awaited decision giving Canadas First Peoples title to lands that they have traditionally used over centuries, beyond their First Nation Reserves. Almost as importantly the Supreme Court ruled that First Nation tribes will get to decide what kinds of development projects are appropriate on their traditional lands. This momentous ruling has direct implications for some of Canadas biggest planned dirty energy projects, like the proposed Northern Gateway Tar Sands pipeline project to ship Bitumen across British Columbia to the Pacific Ocean near Prince Rupert, and the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline to ship Alberta Bitumen to Vancouver transforming Vancouver into a major oil port for Bitumen. This ruling would also affect some fracking proposed for native lands in Eastern Canada...
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:30:35 +0000
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